Short-term Effects of Oxytocin Nasal Spray on Chronic Tinnitus

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2015-11-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The study compares the short-term tinnitus reduction following a single oxytocin intervention with a placebo control condition.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Berthold Langguth, MD, Ph.D.
• Collaborator: Otosul -Otorrinolaringologia Sul-Fluminense
• Treatments: Oxytocin

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• chronic tinnitus with a duration > 6 months

• medical examination by an ENT specialist

• sufficient knowledge of the Portuguese language to follow the instructions and answer the questionnaires

• VAS score >4 points

Exclusion Criteria:

• vascular tinnitus

• muscular tinnitus

• conductive hearing loss

• previous experience with oxytocin nasal spray

• additional medications during the intervention